And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 h`mei/j ga.r nao.j qeou/ evsmen {B} The reading h`mei/j … evsmen, strongly supported by both Alexandrian and Western witnesses (a* B D* 33 81* itd copsa, bo _al_), is to be preferr...
Verse 16. _WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS_] Nothing could appear more abominable to a Jew than an idol in the temple of God: here, then, could be no agreement; the worship of the two...
AND WHAT AGREEMENT - (συγκατάθεσις sugkatathesis). Assent, accord, agreement. what putting or laying down together is there? What is there in one that resembles the other? THE TEMPLE OF GOD - What ha...
8. THE APOSTLE'S EXHORTATIONS AND REJOICINGS. CHAPTER 6:14-7 _ 1. His Exhortations. (2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1 .)_ 2. His Rejoicing and Confidence. (2 Corinthians 7:2
2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1. These verses appear plainly out of place. They break what is otherwise a close connexion between 2 Corinthians 6:13 and...
Do not allow yourselves to become joined in an alien yoke with unbelievers. What partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? What fellowship can darkness have with light? What conc...
AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
AGREEMENT. Greek _sunkatatheeis._ Only here. The verb is used in Luke 23:51. TEMPLE. Greek. news. See Matthew 23:16. IDOLS, i.e. the temple of idols. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ of Repetition. App-6...
_what agreement hath the temple of God with idols_?] Cf. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1Co 8:10; 1 Corinthians 10:14-21. St Paul does not lay stress on the
14–7:1. Warning against heathen modes of thought and life. The Corinthians are to keep themselves apart from such influence. There is here no unintelligible change of topic; and it is exaggeration to...
ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ … ἘΣΜΈΝ (אBDLP, Copt. Aeth.) rather than ὑμεῖς … ἐστέ (א3CD3FGK, Vulg. Arm. Syrr.). Comp. 2 Corinthians 7:12; 2 Corinthians 8:8; 2 Corinthians 8:19 for similar confusion between ἡμεῖς and ὑμεῖς...
_BE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18:_ Obviously it is a very unwise choice for a Christian to marry a non-Christian. But the thing that Paul forbids here is for Christians to have close asso...
ΣΥΓΚΑΤΆΘΕΣΙΣ (G4783) одобрение, акцент, соглашение, союз. Используется в папирусах для описания решения, принятого группой, соглашения (BAGD). ΝΆΟΣ (G3485) храм. Относится к внутреннему святилищу хра...
DISCOURSE: 2028 SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD ENJOINED 2 Corinthians 6:14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what commun...
THE TEMPLE OF GOD;— There seems a peculiar strength in this interrogation; "If God would not endure idols in any part of the land in which he dwelt, how much less would he endure them under his own ro...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Scripture The Plea For Acceptance_ 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 In Associations (2 Corinthians 6:14-18; 2 Corinthians 7:1) 14 Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowshi...
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my...
16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of b...
6:16 temple (e-6) temple; (e-15) _ Naos_ . see 1 Corinthians 9:13 . said, (f-20) See Leviticus 26:11-12 ....
I, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Now it is as coöperators with God in this work that we exhort you not to make the grace of God fruitless in your life by continuing in sin. (2) For God has told us in Scripture of a...
PARAPHRASE. 'Do not become entangled in alliances of any kind with unbelievers to your spiritual hurt. There is no relation possible between holiness and sin, between light and darkness, (15) between...
THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD] cp. 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 3:17. YE] RV 'we,' according to the best Gk. MSS. GOD HATH SAID] i.e. in the Scriptures: see on Leviticus 26:12....
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 V1 As people who work with God, we ask you this again and again. ‘Do not receive God’s kindness in such a way that it d...
AND WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS? — Here we see clearly the drift of the Apostle’s thoughts. His mind travels back to the controversy about things sacrificed to idols. Was there no...
CHAPTER 18 NEW TESTAMENT PURITANISM. 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1 (R.V) THIS is one of the most peculiar passages in the New Testament. Even a careless reader must feel that there is someth...
τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις κ. τ. λ.: _and what agreement has the Temple of God with idols?_ It is quite unnecessary to mark the absence of the article by translating “ _a_ temple of God”: ναὸς Θεοῦ has becom...
to 2 Corinthians 7:1. PARENTHETICAL. HE WARNS THEM AGAINST TOO FAMILIAR ASSOCIATION WITH THEIR HEATHEN NEIGHBOURS. These verses are somewhat perplexing, inasmuch as they seem to interrupt the appeal o...
SEPARATE FROM ALL UNCLEANNESS 2 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1 Paul's love failed to be appreciated by his converts because the channel of receptiveness, that is, of their faith and love, was so...
The injunction, "We intreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain," harmonizes in method with many others used by Paul. Let your conduct harmonize with your position in grace. With what po...
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the (l) living God; as God hath said, I will (m) dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they sha...
The apostle here blames the too great affection the Corinthians had for the Gentiles, who sometimes invited them to their religious feasts, at which were eaten meats which had been offered to idols, a...
(11) O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. (12) Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. (13) Now for a recompense in the same, I (speak as...
16._What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? _Hitherto he has in general terms prohibited believers from associating with the wicked. He now lets them know what was the chief reason, why he h...
Paul had said that God exhorted by his means. In Chapter 6 the affection of the apostle carries on by the Spirit this divine work, beseeching the Corinthians that it might not be in vain in their case...
AND WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS?.... That is, what association, confederation, or covenant agreement can the saints, who are the temple of God, have with idols, or their worshippe...
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in _them_; and I will be their God, and they shall be my...
_Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers_ Christians with Jews or heathen, godly persons with the ungodly, spiritual with such as are carnal. The apostle particularly speaks of marriage; but the reaso...
YE; the company of believers, the church. ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; in which he especially dwells. Ephesians 2:21-22. GOD HATH SAID; EXODUS 29:45; LEVITICUS 26:12;...
The message of reconciliation having been received by the Corinthians, now the Lord's servants, as fellow-workmen in unity, had further entreaty to make of them. Their profession of faith would be tes...
11-18 It is wrong for believers to join with the wicked and profane. The word unbeliever applies to all destitute of true faith. True pastors will caution their beloved children in the gospel, not to...
AND WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS? This particular instance giveth some expositors occasion to interpret 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14, of communion with idolaters in such acts of religion as...
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said [Leviticus 26:12; Exodus 29:45; Ezekiel 37:27;...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III "Quareegredimini e medio ipsorum, et separamini, dicit Dominus, et immundum ne tangatis; et ego vos suscipiam, et ero vobis in patrem, et vos eritis mihi in fil...
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‘And what agreement has a temple of God with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my peop...
HAVING CONFIRMED HIS OWN CREDENTIALS AND HIS OWN WAY OF LIVING HE PLEADS FOR A THEM TO TURN FROM ALL THAT MIGHT HINDER THEM AND FOR THEIR EQUAL FULL AND EXCLUSIVE RESPONSE TO GOD AND TO CHRIST (2 CORI...
2 Corinthians 6:16. AND WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS? FOR WE [1] ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD- not only in contrast with the dead idols in the heathen temples, but to express t...
AGREEMENT (συνκαταθεσις). Fifth of these words. Late word, but common, though here only in N.T. Approved by putting together the votes. In the papyri εκ συνκαταθεσεως means "by agreement." On the te...
TEMPLE (Greek, "naos", "the sanctuary itself")....
2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain._ God's servants are called to take many different positions. They are ambassa...
CONTENTS: Paul's ministry to the Corinthians. Appeal to separation and cleansing. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The ministers of the Gospel should look upon themselves as Go...
2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then as workers together_ with the Lord, who has by himself purged our sins, and reconciled all things to himself on the cross, and has commissioned us to continue the ministry...
GOD'S TEMPLE. PAGAN IDOLS. The Dead Sea Scrolls use _idol to_ mean any temptation to sin. Paul identifies the temple of God as WE! Compare 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 and notes. AS G...
_Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers._ UNEQUALLY YOKED This peculiar word has a cognate form in the law which forbids the breeding of hybrid animals (Leviticus 19:19). God has establi...
_Ye are the temple of the living God._ THE SOUL TEMPLE From this analogy between the Christian’s soul and the old Jewish temple we learn concerning Christians that-- I. They are the objects of speci...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 IDOLS. See note on Rom. 1:23. WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD. The word for temple refers to the Most Holy Place. There God’s pre
CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts them not to neglect the proffered grace of reconciliation spoken of at the end of the last chapter. II. He points out (ver. 4) the qualities required...
_Ye are the temple of the living God._ By faith, grace, and holiness. S. Cyprian (_de Orat. Domin_.) says beautifully: " _Let us show ourselves in our lives as the temples of God, that all may see tha...
_HOMILETIC ANALYSIS.— 2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1_ The paragraph may be gathered up round the central figure— _The Temple of the Living God_.—The Church collectively, then, is:— I. THE...
EXPOSITION The methods and conditions of an apostolic ministry (2 Corinthians 6:1). Appeal to the Corinthians to reciprocate his affection and separate themselves from evil (2 Corinthians 6:11)....
We then, as workers together with him (2 Corinthians 6:1), And what a glorious way to view the ministry. I'm working with Jesus, working together with Him. [We] beseech you also that ye receive not t...
1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 John 4:12;...
Agreement [σ υ γ κ α τ α θ ε σ ι ς]. Only here in the New Testament. Compare the kindred verb sugkatatiqemai to consent, Luke 23:51. Lit., a putting down or depositing along with one. Hence of voting...
What agreement hath the temple of God with idols — If God would not endure idols in any part of the land wherein he dwelt, how much less, under his own roof! He does not say, with the temple of idols,...
This form of questions evidently implies the absolute inconsistency between believers and idolaters, and the danger from communion with them. And the apostle's calling believers THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVI...